TOPICAL VIDEOS
I LOVE ENGLISH 336, OCTOBER 2021
by Cynthia Donson
Video: What use is laughing?
1. Before you watch the video and do the next activity, read the sentences and choose the best answer.
1) Another word for infectious is .
2) Surfers need to be able to surf.
3) In English, the digits on our feet are called .
4) The nouns related to the verb laugh are laugh and .
5) An informal word for the abdomen or stomach is .
6) Another word for ill is .
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Now, watch the video:

What use is laughing?
2. Read the questions and choose the correct answer.
1) How does a good laugh make you feel?
2) What does laughter fabricate in your brain?
3) What happens when your tummy muscles contract?
4) What happens when your heart beats faster?
5) According to the video, who does laughter wake up?
6) Where do they use laughter to cheer people up?
7) What do laughter clubs do?
8) How long should you laugh every day?
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3. Complete the sentences using words from the list below. Click on the word from the box and then click again on the right blank space. The video and the above activities will help you.

1) My little brother was standing in the sea when a hit him and knocked him over.

2) Some people go to gyms to make their bigger and stronger.

3) If you eat any more sweets, you’re going to have a bad .

4) We all got an attack of the when the teacher nearly fell off his chair.

5) A good laugh makes you feel more .

6) I didn’t go to school three days last week – I was .

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SPEAKING

Work in pairs. In the joke below, the sentences are in the wrong order. Can you put them in the right order?

  1. a. “Well, sir, I think you should take it to the zoo.”
  2. b. A man was walking through the park when he came across a huge kangaroo.
  3. c. “I thought I told you to take that kangaroo to the zoo.”
  4. d. He took it by the paw and led it to a policeman.
  5. e. “Well, I did”, said the man, “And this afternoon I’m taking it to the cinema.”
  6. f. “What shall I do with this kangaroo, Officer?” he asked.
  7. g. The next day the policeman saw the man walking down the street with the kangaroo.

Check your answers with the class and your teacher.

Answers:
b – d – f – a - g – c – e

Now, discuss the following questions with the class:

  • What makes you laugh?
  • What kind of jokes do you find funny?
  • What’s the funniest film or TV series you’ve seen?